Return of the AncientsUnruly Tales of the Mythological Weird
From the sun-seared shores of the Aegean to the misty bogs of ancient England, the dark tendrils of mythological gods and monsters have remained embedded in the minds of those who once believed, and throughout the past two centuries have inspired a haunting sub-genre of uncanny fiction. Collecting up strange tales of legendary Greco-Roman figures, pagan deities of Old Britain and godlings and abominations from the world's pantheons returning to wreak havoc on modern civilization, this new anthology presents a thrilling array of weird fiction touched by the otherworldly and eternal mystique of myth, lore and legends.
Contents
Introduction (Return of the Ancients) by Katy Soar
1. Dionea (1890) by Vernon Lee
2. The Ring (1919) by T. G. Jackson
3. Great Mother [Ways of Escape 2] (1923) by R. Ellis Roberts
4. The Wind in the Portico (1928) by John Buchan
5. The Owl (1931) by F. A. M. Webster
6. Pussy (1931) by Christine Campbell Thomson
7. The Veil of Tanit (1932) by Eugene de Reszke
8. The Face in the Wind (1936) by Carl Jacobi
9. Serpent Princess (1948) by Edmond Hamilton
10. More Spinned Against... (1953) by John Wyndham
11. Above Ker-Is (1978) by Evangeline Walton
12. Justice Tresilian in the Tower (1980) by Ken Alden
13. Family History (1998) by Stephen Baxter
14. The House of Fenris (2008) by John Cooling
Notes on the Mythology by Katy Soar
British Library Tales of the Weird
The British Library Tales of the Weird series revives and unearths classic strange fiction from the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the form of novels, single-author collections and thematic anthologies, complete with new introductions and fascinating notes by expert editors.
British Library Tales of the Weird consists of seventy-two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
